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Permian Strategic Partnership is optimistic regarding long-term future of basin

In what could pass for some of the darkest times in state oil history, the Permian Strategic Partnership sees a light at the end of the tunnel.


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PARSLEY ENERGY: Parsley Energy Announces Increase To Commitment Amount, Reaffirmed Borrowing Base, And Extension Of Maturity Date For Its Revolving Credit Facility

Parsley Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PE) ("Parsley," "Parsley Energy," or the "Company") announced that it has entered into an amendment to its revolving credit facility,


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ENCANA: Ovintiv to Host its 2020 First Quarter Results Conference Call May 8

Announced plans to hold its 2020 first quarter results conference call at 9 a.m. MT on Friday, May 8, 2020.


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SCHLUMBERGER: Lending a Hand to Local Communities during COVID-19

Schlumberger facility produces hand sanitizer for frontline responders


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DIAMONDBACK ENERGY: Diamondback Energy, Inc. Announces Revised Time for First Quarter 2020 Conference Call on May 5

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (“Diamondback”), announced that it has revised its first quarter 2020 conference call time.


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COVID-19, plummeting oil prices have Midland businesses concerned

Some Midland, Texas, business people are expressing concerns that COVID-19 and the drop in oil prices are converging to give the area a double whammy economically.


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Hearing aid company serves as 'light' in the community during COVID-19

Beltone is known to help the hearing impaired, but in these challenging times, the Glenview, Il.-based hearing aid company is lighting the way for the Permian Basin.


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Midland County leads Permian Basin in January oil production

If you are looking for oil in Texas, you are looking toward the Permian Basin.


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Midland area suffers drop in oil permits

The drop-off in the state oil industry began its descent at the beginning of the year as the Midland area recorded a 27% decrease in permits from the previous year.


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BIG D EQUIPMENT CO: Explaining Negative Oil Prices

Midstream players are now paying buyers to take oil volumes away as the physical storage limit will be reached.


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CIMAREX: Cimarex Announces Further Reduction to 2020 Capital Plans; Curtails 30% of May Volumes

Announced that, due to the continued weakness in oil prices, it now expects a 55-60 percent reduction in its 2020 capital investment program from its original guidance of $1.25-$1.35 billion.



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ENCANA: Ovintiv to Host its 2020 First Quarter Results Conference Call on Friday, May 8, 2020eN

Announced plans to hold its 2020 first quarter results conference call at 9 a.m. MT on Friday, May 8, 2020.


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PLAINS MARKETING,LP: Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings Announce Timing of First-Quarter 2020 Earnings

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE: PAGP) announced they will release first-quarter 2020 earnings after market close on Tuesday,


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Oil companies set sights on Midland County in hopes of industry rebound

The Permian Basin has experienced the brunt of the energy downturn in Texas, with Midland County perceived as the area’s last and only hope for a rebound.


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Companies team up to provide COVID-19 screening, testing to Permian Basin energy workers

RigUp and imaware are teaming up to offer COVID-19 screening and testing to Permian Basin energy-sector workers who cannot work from home.


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New OPEC deal greeted with hope, wait-and-see approach in Permian Basin

Texas’s oil and gas sector has been through a slump for more than a year, with the novel coronavirus exacerbating the downturn.



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DIAMONDBACK ENERGY: DiamondBack Energy, Inc. Provides Revised 2020 Guidance and Updated Hedge Positions

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) ("Diamondback" or the "Company") provided revised full year 2020 guidance and updated hedge positions.